About This Pose
Kneel with hips directly over knees and reach back to place hands on the heels, lifting the chest and letting the head drop back gently.
Benefits
- Deep chest and hip flexor opener
- counteracts forward rounding from sitting
- strengthens the back extensors
Cautions & Modifications
- Neck injury (keep chin tucked to chest)
- low blood pressure
- herniated disc
Details
- Category
- Prone & All-Fours Poses
- Level
- Intermediate
- Sanskrit
- Ustrasana
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